Chance me for Ivy League's, NYU, Stanford, and Others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys.
Please chance me for Ivy schools and others,
specifically UPenn Dentistry, Brown PLME, NYU dentistry, USC BS/MD, Northeastern HPME, Case Western dentistry, Boston BS/MD, Johns Hopkins U, and Stanford. </p>

<p>And if you are familiar with them, some Canadian ones as well: McGill, UBC, McMaster Health science programs :) </p>

<p>And if you are also familiar with them, some Korean ones: Seoul National U and Yonsei U (spelling?) (for Medicine) </p>

<p>Canadian
Asian Male</p>

<p>GPA: N.A.
Rank: N.A.</p>

<p>SAT I:
Crit: 740
Writing: 800 (10)
Reading: 800
Total: 2340 (First time) </p>

<p>SAT II:
Math 2: 800
Korean: 800
Chem: Taking
Bio: Taking</p>

<p>IB (predicted)
English SL: 6
French SL: 5 (final)
Math SL: 7
Chem HL: 6
Bio HL: 6
History HL: 6 </p>

<p>Going to bump the HL one's back to 7's</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>-Top Science Student Gr 10 2010<br>
-Top Information Technology Gr 10 2010<br>
-Duke Edinburgh 2011 Bronze
-Math Challenger Provincial Competition 2009 Certificate of Participation
-Pascal Math Contest 2009 Certificate of Distinction
-Michael Smith Science Challenge 2010 Certificate of Excellence (Top 10%)
-CFGL Essay Competition 2010 Divisional Award
-CFGL Math Challenge 2010 Divisional Award
-Award of Excellence Science 10 2010<br>
-Department Award French 9 2009<br>
-Tae Kwon Do 1st / 2nd Degree Certificates
-SemiMUN 2011 – Arctic Council 2011 Best Delegate
-FHMUN 2010 - UNSC 2010 Honorable Mention
-Design Entrepreneurship Competition 2011- Best Business Plan</p>

<p>Work/Volunteer </p>

<p>-Drycleaner during Spring/winter breaks
-Volunteer @ School library 2008-2010
-Hospital Volunteer 2009-2011 (Junior Auxiliary, Musician, Team Leader)
-Math Club Tutor Volunteer 2009-2011
-Hospice 2011</p>

<p>Extracurricular</p>

<p>-McMaster University Summer program participant 2011
-Studied French in France 2009
-Youth Orchestra 2008-2011 Cellist
-Interact Club 2008-2011 Executive
-World Politics Club 2009-2011
-Cancer Youth Society 2008-2011
-Science Club 2009-2011
-Youth Leadership Millenium 2010
-Tae Kwon Do 2006-2011 Instructor/Volunteer
-ConnectMun Committee Chair (pending)
-Canadian High School MUN Committee Director (pending)
-Went to many MUN conferences as a delegate ~6 conferences</p>

<p>Since all of you CC members are insightful and perceptive, I appreciate every candid and critical assessments. :)
I know I have a rather eclectic and perhaps foolhardy choices and I;m sorry about that :D</p>

<p>p.s. Will chance back if you guys want me to :P</p>

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<p>You’re definitely on track but it’s hard to tell without a GPA to go by. Could you estimate? :-)</p>

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<p>Hard to tell because my school doesn’t calculate GPA’s. </p>

<p>But probably 4.00 Unweighted. Or very close to that. </p>

<p>Not sure how to estimate weighted though :'(</p>

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<p>Your extracurriculars and test scores are good. However, your most significant handicap is being a Canadian (International). Unless you’re applying without aid, your chances of getting some of those schools are VERY slim (Stanford, Brown). If you’re applying without aid, probably reach at Stanford, Brown, low reach at John Hopkins and Penn, match everywhere else.</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

<p>Chance me back <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1206132-chance-us-junior-ucambridge-maths.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1206132-chance-us-junior-ucambridge-maths.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Done. And thanks mate :slight_smile: Probably applying without aids but most schools have need-blind policy so I don’t think that matters significantly.</p>

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<p>Bump :slight_smile: Lots of views but little replies :/</p>

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<p>i cant help much cause i dont get the international system. but from your SAT and other scores, you seem really good</p>

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<p>UPenn Dentistry - Do undergrads even have dentistry? I’m not familiar.
Brown PLME - reach
NYU dentistry - ditto for dentistry
USC BS/MD - reach
Northeastern HPME - reach
Case Western dentistry - same for dentistry
Boston BS/MD - I still don’t know anything about dentistry
Johns Hopkins U - match
Stanford - reach</p>

<p>Sorry for the vague responses. I don’t know very much about dentistry, and I don’t know much about combined premed programs either to be honest.</p>

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<p>what’s your gpa like? it’s integral to the app</p>

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<p>@zergftw - IB subjects are out of 7. So 7 is the highest mark you get. I dunno, currently, I would say I’m behind in the mark :frowning: But hopefully, with the little time I have, I can raise it up. </p>

<p>@chaosakita - sorry about the confusion. By dentistry I meant BS/DMD programs. And yeah, that was my concern when I was writing this post, because not a lot of people know theses specific programs, and are rather obscure :confused: You guys could always chance me disregarding the program I’m applying to if you guys aren’t sure of the combined degrees programs. :D</p>

<p>@andrewjackson - My school doesn’t calculate GPA’s for some odd reason. I’m pretty certain it’s 4.00 Unweighted. Not sure about the weighted sad to say D:</p>

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<p>UPenn Dentistry - I’m not sure about dentistry
Case Western dentistry - Not sure again
Boston BS/MD - Not sure
Johns Hopkins U - reach
Stanford - reach
Brown PLME - reach
NYU dentistry - match
USC BS/MD - match
Northeastern HPME - reach</p>

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<p>I would say that you’re a good candidate. Superb in fact. Don’t forget about nonacademic interests (music/art/sports whatev) in your application. </p>

<p>I would say: Solid chance @ Case Western, NYU, </p>

<p>Fair shot at everything else </p>

<p>Unfortunately i think it’ll be harder for you to get into Brown/Northwestern (i’m guessing) seven/eight year programs because they already are SUPER selective, and you being an international student only makes it MORE selective. GL on everything.</p>

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<p>SAT I:
Crit: 740
Writing: 800 (10)
Reading: 800</p>

<p>mfw</p>

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<p>@javalava: Thanks :slight_smile: That’s one of my biggest concerns right now; bs/md and bs/dmd programs are very selective and biased against Internationals. What do you think I should do? If I want to be a doctor, obviously I can’t attend any American pre-med, since international going to US Medical schools is next to impossible… What do you think my chances are in Ivy or LAC’s like Amherest and Swarthmore are if I was to apply for economics (or heaven forbid, political science)? I’ve been getting told these programs like PLME and HPME are impossible to get in especially with my mundane ec’s so I’m considering a switch in major.</p>

<p>@Samonuh: mfw… according to urban dictionary, it could mean “my face when” or “my feet wiggle”… I’ll go with the latter.</p>

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<p>Are you ■■■■■■■■? lol…lrn2chan</p>

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<p>One problem is that we have no idea what any of those awards mean. Your academics put you in the running for any school, but your EC’s aren’t outstanding and don’t really show passion. Your essays are going to have to really show you are interested in medicine because your EC’s are more stereotypical asian and political. I’m just trying to be honest and I’m sure you will get into a great school, just maybe not a top bs/md/dmd.</p>

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<p>Definitely a match for every school u have. good luck!</p>

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<p>@zonis20 Yeah. A lot of my peers and counsellors have told me my EC’s are weak. I definitely see it as a huge weakness in my application and am regretting I didn’t get more involved in my Sophomore/Junior years. But do you think they are specifically looking for people with burning passion in the major they want to go to? Or do they also acknowledge eclectic EC’s? Also, should I explain/contextualize the awards, since they might be rather obscure (damn Canadian awards)?
Also, should I showcase my passion for medicine in both my common app essay in supplementaries? Or just in the Supp?
Sorry for all the questions. And I definitely appreciate your candid feedback man. A counsellor also told me my admission into bs/md is definitely going to be next to impossible so… I guess I aimed too high :stuck_out_tongue: Haha and thanks. Hopefully I’ll actually go to a good school :)</p>

<p>@andrewsun1994 Thanks mate! Good luck to you too brah :D</p>

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<p>Don’t know a lot about dentistry or med-schools, but in general, I do know people at NYU, Northeastern, and BU, and I would say you’re a shoe-in at those. As for the rest, you’re ECs are great, so I think you should get into most of them</p>

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<p>@macman3894 Thanks man. What do you think about Stanford and JHU though? Not as accelerated dentistry or medicine or anything like that. Just economics or life sciences.</p>